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Bronze corydoras
Corydoras aeneus (Gill, 1858)
Also calledAeneus, Corydoras bronze, Fouilleur (fra) · Bronzen pantsermeerval (nld) · Caborja (por) · Coridora (por) · Corydoras bronzeo (ita) · Kirysek spiżowy (pol) · metallpansermalle (nob) · ปลาแพะเขียว (tha)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
original Hoplosoma aeneum synonyms Corydoras macrosteus Regan, 1912 Corydoras microps Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 Corydoras schultzei Holly, 1940 Corydoras venezuelanus Ihering, 1911 first record Nion (1998)
Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of Uruguay (CLOFF-UY).
description
Body deep and elliptical; greatest depth contained 2.0 to 2.5 and caudal peduncle depth 7.8 to 8.4 times in SL; head length 3.1 to 3.8, predorsal distance 2.1 to 2.3 and maxillary-barbel length 5.3 to 5.5 in SL; snout length 1.8 to 1.9, horizontal orbital diameter 3.6 to 4.2 and least interorbital width 1.6 to 2.3 in HL. Mouth inferior. Lateral line with 4 - 6 pores on upper series of plates. Dorsolateral series with 20 - 23 and ventrolateral series with 19 - 22 plates. Dorsal fin with I, 7 or 8, pectoral with I, 8 - 10, pelvic fin with 6 and anal fin with 6 - 8 rays. Ground color dark-grey dorsally and yellowish ventrally; large black or dargrey regular spot in anterior region of flank. Grey fins, without spots (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007). Maximum standard length. 52.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).
Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated
distribution
Distribution. Drainages from Colombia to the río de la Plata basin.
Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated
Uso
Uso a nivel regional (Orinoquia): ornamental (Ajiaco-Martínez et al. 2012)
Peces de la cuenca del río Pauto, Orinoquia colombiana
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Corydoras aeneus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2342606.